Difference between revisions of "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act"
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{{cquote|Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.}} | {{cquote|Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.}} | ||
| − | The law prohibits the "intact dilation and extraction" [[abortion]]. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld its constitutionality in 2007, after several district courts had issued injunctions against it. | + | The law prohibits the "intact dilation and extraction" [[abortion]]. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld its constitutionality in 2007, after several district courts had issued injunctions against it.<ref>http://reproductiverights.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf_crt_carVash_op090804.pdf</ref> |
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 00:52, April 24, 2010
The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 states that:
| “ | Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. | ” |
The law prohibits the "intact dilation and extraction" abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality in 2007, after several district courts had issued injunctions against it.[1]